To Exercise or Not to Excercise After a Dive? June 30, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Decompression, Uncategorized , 1 comment so farWithin my technical diving training and spending many hours reading medical texts, I have always thought the general concensus is that exercising before a dive is fine, but exercising after a dive is a big no no, and empirically I have felt this myself. Whenever I simply chill out and make special efforts not to do anything representing exercise after a dive I have felt better than those times where I have immediately jumped up and hurried around the boat tidying kit away and lifting cylinders about. Obviously me ‘feeling’ better has nothing to do with the bubbles in my system, but it is generally accepted that you could create or aggravate any bubbles by exercising too much after a dive.
Well, this piece of research now suggests that strenuous exercise after dive also reduces bubble formation, therefore turning the whole theory on its head.
Get Asia’s Latest Diving News via the FiNS Blog June 27, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : News, Uncategorized , add a comment
Finsonline.com has recently announced that they are starting a blog. Fins is a diving magazine based in Singapore and focusses on all of the scuba diving activities in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is still early days but hopefully it will soon be packed with useful information. From the press release;
To help divers, travel agents and media around the world keep track of breaking news, events and destination updates from this region, FiNS Magazine brings you updated stories via the recently launched FiNS Blog and RSS feed.
The FiNS Blog is the first and only news service for the dive industry in Asia, and it provides interested parties with a spam-free, convenient way to keep up-to-date with relevant news.
Scuba Cat Diving, Phuket, Thailand, Supports CARE April 3, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : News, Uncategorized , add a commentI saw this press release today and thought it was worth spreading around as the company are doing something for charity. Here is the press release;
We are happy to announce Scuba Cat’s participation in the Overland-Underwater Expedition and charity drive when they visit Phuket, Thailand.
This is a group of friends who are now 35 weeks into a 65,000km charity drive from the United Kingdom to New Zealand in aid of CARE International. During the 18 months of the journey they are traveling through 26 different countries and part of the charity challenge to raise money is to scuba dive in as many countries as possible that they drive through en-route, making it a true overland-underwater challenge!
Scuba Cat is planning a special liveaboard dive trip to the Similan Islands 23. - 26. April for the expedition members. For each guest that accompanies us on the trip Scuba Cat Diving will donate $100 US to Care International.
Scuba Cat is also planning special day trip diving events and a fund raising BBQ at our Patong Beach PADI Training Facility.
Scuba divers get a free blogsite as thedeepstop.com makes virtual debut at the london international dive show 2006 March 29, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Uncategorized, general , add a commentThis is a bit of a plug as the Deep Stop is a site I setup to help other divers easily setup their own scuba diving blog like mine. This coming weekend is the London Dive Show and I will be there telling people about the Deep Stop. here is the first press release.
http://www.TheDeepStop.com, a new on-line service, promises a free website for anyone in the underwater community and will be ‘virtually launched’ at LIDS by the founder Andy Carroll.
Foreigners arrested for scuba diving in marine sanctuary March 27, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : News, Travel, Uncategorized , add a commentIn a story by the visayandailystar, two German nationals and their filipino guide where arrested and fined for diving in a marine sanctuary off the coast of Brgy.
Arrested were Breiten Huber Michael, 39, Tetzlaff Norbert, 45, and Filipino guide Ronald Tan.
Their arrest came after Mayor Rodrigo Alanano ordered the Dauin police through a telephone call to confirm reports that, a group of foreigners had been seen scuba-diving within the marine sanctuary. Alanano has been vocal in his position against violations of municipal ordinances, particularly those related to his program to sustain the coastal resource management gains of the municipality.
Four scuba divers rescued between Bohol and Camiguin islands. March 23, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, Travel, Uncategorized , add a commentThe Bohol Chronicle report on four scuba divers who had a bit of a worrying time after becoming stranded on a boat near Camiguin. Apparently they were heading from Panglao to stay overnight at Camiguin, but the rough seas were too much for the boat and they couldn’t reach the shore. Eventually the boat ran out of fuel and they started making distress signals.
They were drifting for more than 48 hours and many passig vessels did not respond, said Elmer Loreno, boat captain, from Sunrise, Tawala, Panglao during an exclusive interview
He identified the scuba divers as Ian Willies, Ali Swandel, Mr. Fritchen and a certain Ruby Hora, from Panglao town. They left Panglao Island at 7 a.m. last Sunday to bring the drivers for an overnight stay in Camiguin.
“Big waves prevented us from reaching the shorelines of Camiguin,” Loreno narrated until they ran out of fuel and the pumpboat’s battery discharged.
